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Nearly every stock on Wall Street had some ups and downs last week, but Pennzoil's performance gave even some poker-faced investors an acute case of the jitters. After opening at 63¼ on Tuesday, shares in the Houston-based oil company took off. By the closing bell the stock had jumped 19¾ points, to finish at 83. The next day Pennzoil climbed to 91 by 11:45 a.m. but then tumbled to 73½. The rest of the week proved less tumultuous, and Pennzoil ended Friday at 71½. As late as Nov. 18, Pennzoil was selling for just...
...team had a chance to practice during the daytime, and then the Crimson attended an evening banquet with all squads—Fullerton, Missouri, and Arizona round out the first-round regional—present. At night, the squad stayed in the hotel with an early curfew. Many played poker...
...unsolicited $6 billion bid for Ameritrade - but to no avail. Ameritrade "is not for sale," Ricketts said. So where else might online firms be looking to unite? Expect a shake-up of the Internet gambling market, says Chhabra. Gibraltar-based PartyGaming, the company behind the world's largest online poker firm, PartyPoker.com, last week beefed up its management ahead of a rumored $10 billion flotation. Rivals Cassava Enterprises and Betfair are also reportedly considering a listing. Could the cash injections mean smaller players will soon be engulfed? Place your bets. - By Adam Smith Counting The Hours British workers on average...
Unlike Dean, McQueen, already 30 by the time he became a star in The Magnificent Seven, projected a full-grown, outdoor manliness, comfortable riding a stallion, a motorcycle or a race car. The characters he played faced long odds in a German POW camp (The Great Escape), at a poker table (The Cincinnati Kid) and in Faye Dunaway's arms (The Thomas Crown Affair), but the actor's wariness never failed him or failed to attract an audience. This DVD package and another, The Essential Steve McQueen Collection, are out this month: a 10-film fest honoring the silk-smooth...
...game of diplomatic poker is, of course, profoundly unpredictable. But it's likely that he'll resist the temptation to turn over his hole card by revealing conclusively that he does indeed possess weapons of mass destruction. The more probable outcome is that, through the six-party talks or some other vehicle, the frustrating diplomatic game will continue. "At some point, we are going to have to assess where we are and look for other measures" beyond the six-party talks, says Hill. "I am not prepared to say precisely when that will...